Thread by @tomselliott

Can anyone explain — maybe @jaketapper or @NicolleDWallace — why Republicans who voted against certifying the Electoral College votes are being called “seditionits,” “treasonists,” etc. — while these terms were never used when Dems did the same thing in 2001, 2005, 2017?

@jaketapper @NicolleDWallace Here’s Rep. @jahimes on Dec. 13, 2016 urging the Electoral College to vote against Trump despite his winning on Election Day

@jaketapper @NicolleDWallace @jahimes Among the Dems who voted against certifying the Electoral College vote in 2001, 2005, and 2015:

@HillaryClinton
@BarackObama
@RepJayapal
@RepRaskin
@BarbaraBoxer
@RepMaxineWaters
@EddieBernice
@RepHastingsFL
@SenMarkey
@RepBarbaraLee

@jaketapper @NicolleDWallace @jahimes @HillaryClinton @BarackObama @RepJayapal @RepRaskin @BarbaraBoxer @RepMaxineWaters @EddieBernice @RepHastingsFL @SenMarkey @RepBarbaraLee .@TheMRC Montage: In 2005, Dems object to certifying electoral college vote

@jaketapper @NicolleDWallace @jahimes @HillaryClinton @BarackObama @RepJayapal @RepRaskin @BarbaraBoxer @RepMaxineWaters @EddieBernice @RepHastingsFL @SenMarkey @RepBarbaraLee @theMRC Rather than smearing them as “traitors,” in 2005 the media celebrated Dems who didn’t certify the Electoral College vote

https://twitter.com/theMRC/status/1346819055999737857

MSNBC's @chrislhayes calls it "sedition" for Republicans to question the Electoral College vote. But after Trump won in 2016, he and Michael Moore pitched Democratic Electoral College voters to ignore their states' popular votes.

https://twitter.com/lhfang/status/1331667745780338688

@chrislhayes Celebrities likewise called on the Electoral College to ignore their respective states’ certified votes and instead vote against Trump

@chrislhayes One Mich elector on the receiving end of this pressure campaign said: "I’ve received death threats; people talking about putting a bullet in the back of my mouth, burning my family, sending me pictures of a noose, & saying that if I don’t vote for Hillary Clinton, they’ll get me"

For those presuming Dems/media personalities only began with the "traitor"/"sedition" talk after the riot, that's not the case at all. On Morning Joe, GOPers like Cruz were accused of “sedition” and “treason” a combined total of 38 times — the day before the riot.